From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 4 07:38:10 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20EDC16A4CE for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 07:38:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail6.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BCCF43FCB for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 07:38:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 560 invoked from network); 4 Nov 2003 15:38:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )encrypted SMTP for ; 4 Nov 2003 15:38:07 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hA4Fbhce069377; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 10:37:43 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.4 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20031104135522.97965.qmail@web14107.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 10:37:43 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: =?iso-8859-1?q?Claus=20Guttesen?= X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: harti@freebsd.org cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New interrupt stuff breaks ASUS 2 CPU system X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 15:38:10 -0000 X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 15:38:10 -0000 On 04-Nov-2003 Claus Guttesen wrote: > Hi. > >> I have an ASUS system with 2 CPUs that I need to run >> at HZ=10000. This >> worked until yesterday, but with the new interrupt >> code it doesn't boot >> anymore. It works for the standard HZ, but if I set >> HZ=1000 I get a double > > Compiled a new kernel with source from Nov. 3'rd where > SMP and APIC had to be enabled to use SMP. A make > kernel would complete in 10 min's. > > So I cvsupped to test the 'interrupt stuff' and > recompiled. Upon boot it seemed that it only saw one > of my two Xeons at 2.4 Ghz. Hypert. was enabled as > default. So I reverted to the source the day before. > > I also have an ASUS motherboard with an Intel 875P > chipset. Can you post a dmesg? Note that if you want hyperthreading, you need to enable it in your BIOS. The ACPI (and soon the MPTable) drivers will not use HT CPUs unless HT is enabled in the BIOS. My test machines with HT used the 865 chipset. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/